The Enthusiast’s Guide to Travel Photography: 55 Photographic Principles You Need to Know
The Enthusiast’s Guide to Travel Photography: 55 Photographic Principles You Need to Know teaches you what you need to know in order to shoot great images when you’re on the road, whether for a two-week vacation or a weekend getaway. Photographer and author Jordana Wright covers planning your journey, the gear and equipment you’ll need,
The Enthusiast’s Guide to Travel Photography: 55 Photographic Principles You Need to Know teaches you what you need to know in order to shoot great images when you’re on the road, whether for a two-week vacation or a weekend getaway. Photographer and author Jordana Wright covers planning your journey, the gear and equipment you’ll need, and how to shoot great shots of landscapes, details, portraiture, wildlife, urban environments, food, and more.
Chapters are broken down into numbered lessons, with each lesson providing all you need to improve your travel photography. Lessons include:
23. What Makes This Place So Special?33. Color as the Subject35. Street Photography39. Taking Mouth-Watering Photographs47. Architecture50. Nighttime Cityscapes
Written in a friendly and approachable manner and illustrated with examples that drive home each lesson, The Enthusiast’s Guide to Travel Photography is designed to be effective and efficient, friendly and fun. Read an entire chapter at once, or read just one topic at a time. With either approach, you’ll quickly learn a lot so you can head out with your camera to capture great shots.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: The Philosophy of Travel PhotographyChapter 2: Plan Your JourneyChapter 3: Gear and EquipmentChapter 4: See the LandscapeChapter 5: Find the DetailsChapter 6: The Human ElementChapter 7: Lifestyle PhotographyChapter 8: Wildlife and AdventureChapter 9: Urban PhotographyChapter 10: Home Again
Author’s insights help photographers find unique perspectives. Perfect companion for a beginner photographer all the way to more experienced ones. The author’s insights were most helpful in guiding a photographer in how to set up the shot and how to look for unique perspectives to make your photographs even better. Written in an easy to read, conversational style. Hopefully more Jordana Wright books will be published soon.
Excellent book on travel photography This is an excellent book on travel photography and a worthy read for anyone who travels and is serious about capturing great travel shots. Regardless if you use as dslr, a point and shoot, or a high end smartphone, you can learn from this book. I certainly have. One of the best photography books I have purchased, highly recommend.
simply put…she knows of what she speaks… As someone who has worked in the (adventure) travel business for more than 25 years I already knew a lot of what was written and she was “spot on”…I thoroughly enjoyed this book…I loved her wit, her delivery, the way the book was organized, everything about her…I will go back and read this book again…